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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Application by Ameritech Michigan) CC Docket No. 97-1
Pursuant to Section 271 of the  )  
Communications Act of 1934,     )  
as amended, to Provide In-Region,)
InterLATA Services in Michigan  )


                             ORDER


   Adopted:  February 12, 1997          Released:  February 12, 1997


By the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:


     1.   Pursuant to the Commission's February 7, 1997 order in this docket, Ameritech
Michigan (Ameritech), on February 11, 1997, filed a letter with the Commission stating that
Ameritech "elects to withdraw its pending application for authorization to provide in-region,
interLATA services in the State of Michigan."  Ameritech therefore requests "that the
Commission dismiss the above referenced application without prejudice."

     2.   We hereby grant Ameritech's request to dismiss its application without
prejudice.  We also hereby terminate the proceeding in the above-captioned docket.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Ameritech Michigan's application, pursuant
to section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide in-region,
interLATA services in the State of Michigan, IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned proceeding IS
TERMINATED. 


                                 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                                 Regina M. Keeney
                                 Chief, Common Carrier Bureau